Amy Gowshall

Amy Gowshall also known as Amy Monkhouse (born 20 March 1979, in Grimsby) is an English international lawn and indoor bowler.[1]

For the British cyclist, see Amy Monkhouse (cyclist).

Amy Gowshall
Personal information
Nationality England
Born (1979-03-20) 20 March 1979
Sport
ClubCleethorpes BC
Medal record
Women's lawn bowls
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2002 ManchesterWomen's pairs
2006 MelbourneWomen's triples
2010 Delhi Women's pairs
World Outdoor Championships
2004 Leamington Spa Women's fours
World Indoor Championships
2004 Yarmouth Mixed pairs

Personal life

In August 2002 she married and became Amy Monkhouse.[2] She has since reverted to her birth name of Amy Gowshall.

Career

Gowshall won a bronze medal in the Women's pairs at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

In 2004, she won the gold medal in the fours with Jayne Christie, Jean Baker and Ellen Falkner at the 2004 World Outdoor Bowls Championship.[3]

She won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games before representing England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where she won, with Ellen Falkner, a gold medal in the woman's pairs competition.[4]

In 2018 she won the National Two Wood Singles defeating Rebecca Field in the final[5] and also finished runner-up to Sophie Tolchard in the 2018 National Singles[6]

References
  1. THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table Archived 2011-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Woods, Jon (6 January 2003). "Bowls: Forrest clinches her place in semis". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. "David Rhys Jones. "Johnston confirms status with third title." Times [London, England] 18 Sept. 2004". The Times Digital Archive.
  4. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/8061774/Commonwealth-Games-2010-Natalie-Melmore-wins-singles-bowls-gold-for-England.html
  5. "Results Portal - Two Wood" (PDF). Bowls England.
  6. "Results Portal - Singles" (PDF). Bowls England.
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